UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2078

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2078

    Published: 30 Jun 2022Last Modified: 21 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2078
    Aliases:
    USN-5529-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2078, https://git.kernel.org/linus/fecf31ee395b0295f2d7260aa29946b7605f7c85, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5529-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2078

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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